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Meghan King Edmonds dyed hair to honor husband's first wife

"We are embracing the life that we have because life is beautiful and you never know when it's going to end," the reality star said.

By Annie Martin
Meghan King Edmonds (L) with husband Jim Edmonds. Instagram/Meghan King Edmonds
Meghan King Edmonds (L) with husband Jim Edmonds. Instagram/Meghan King Edmonds

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., July 30 (UPI) -- Meghan King Edmonds dyed her hair pink to honor husband Jim Edmonds' first wife this week.

The 30-year-old reality star explained the tribute to People following LeAnn Edmonds Horton's death from colon cancer at age 45 last Tuesday. Edmonds and Horton were friends who co-parented the latter's two children.

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"We are embracing the life that we have because life is beautiful and you never know when it's going to end," she told the magazine Thursday. "[Critics say] I'm an attention seeker or that I look terrible or why didn't I do blue for colon cancer, but if LeAnn were here, her eyes would be as big as saucers."

"She would be like, 'I can't believe you did it,' but she would love it," she said. "She had fun with [her wigs during chemo] and just loved hair and always had her nails perfect, so she would have been like, 'You are crazy, but I love you and I think it's awesome you did it.'"

Edmonds and her husband married in St. Louis, Mo., in October 2014. Jim Edmonds, a 45-year-old former MLB player, shared daughters Lauren and Hayley with Horton, and has son Landon and daughter Sutton with second wife Allison Raski.

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"For LeAnn to embrace me as she did is a true testament to her character and willingness to work together for the sake of her children," Edmonds wrote on her blog Monday. "LeAnn's personality was captured perfectly on camera: accommodating, sweet and overall a lovely person."

Edmonds joined Bravo series The Real Housewives of Orange County as a regular in season 10, and appears on new episodes Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow and Shannon Beador also star.

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